Water-gate.



W. H. SMITH & KAERICHER.

WATER GATE. APPLICATION FILED APR-8, 1913.

Patented Apr. 6,

THE NORRIS PETERS CO. FHUTIT UTHCL, WASHINGTOA WILLIAM H. SMITH AND GEORGE KAERICHER, OF WEST SALEM, ILLINOIS.

WATER- Application filed April 8, 1913.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, VVILLIAM H. SMITH and GEORGE KAERroHEn, citizens of the United States, residing at \Vest Salem, in the county of Edwards and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Water-Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to water gates and particularly to that type which are adapted for use across streams as a continuation of a fence.

The object of the invention is the provision of a gate of this character which will automatically permit the passage of drift or debris and return to normal operative position when the water has subsided or drift has passed.

A further object ofthe invention is the provision of a device of this character having eiiicient means for preventing damage by the drift to the operating parts of the gate.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the device showing the same applied in a creek bed. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 and 2 represent separated posts which are embedded in the ground or in suitable cement bases on opposite sides of the creek, as shown. Journaled in the posts adjacent their bottom and lying in the bed of the stream is a shaft 3 upon which the gate 4 is secured. This shaft is provided with a vertically extending arm 5 to which is connected one end of a cable 6, the opposite end of the cable being provided with a suitable weight 7. The cable passes over a pulley 8 mounted upon the upper end of the post 1.

Arranged between the gate 4: and the arm 5 is a shield 9 which extends longitudinally Specification of Letters Patent.

GATE.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

Serial No. 759,743.

of the stream and is supported upon two posts 10. This shield is adapted toprotect the working parts of the gate which, it will be noted, are such that as the water rises and the gate is, depressed by the drift the weight will ascend proportionately so as to be out of the path of the water. As the water subsides the weight acts to return the gate to normal vertical position, the arm 5 abutting the post to limit the movement of the same.

What is claimed is A water gate comprising a pair of separated posts, a shaft journaled in said posts adjacent the bases thereof, a gate mounted upon the shaft and adapted to aline with the posts vertically or extend at right angles to said post when depressed by the water and debris flowing over the same, a lever connected to the shaft and substantially alined with the gate, a cable connected to the lever, a weight upon the end of the cable for automatically returning the lever to normal position in alinement with the posts when relieved of the debris, the lever contacting with the post to prevent the gate from returning past the vertical post, an upwardly inclined arm carried by one of the posts adjacent the upper end of the post, and carrying a pulley to receive the cable, the pulley being disposed in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the gate, and a shield arranged between the gate and the lever and cable parallel to the plane of the pulley,'for protecting the operating parts and having an aperture for the passage of the shaft, said shield extending on opposite sides of the gate above the top of the same, said arm projecting from the post in a direction opposite the movement of the gate when actuated by the water.

In testimony whereof we afliX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. SMITH. GEORGE KAERICHER. Witnesses:

CHARLEs L. HAINZ, FRANK S. WILEY.

- Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of lPatents,

Washington, D. C. 

